Yes. Probably. But the way and the reason he left is exactly why Billy Beane and others turned down the job before.
No one wants to get burned that way (which has happened time and time again) by the Red Sox top managers. The level of ego and micro-management and outright stupidity from them is something that smart top candidates just don't want to deal with. This is NOT going to help in the candidate search. On 11/2/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Theo's good, but he's not unique, and he's not even the best. Why couldn't > the Red Sox flex some of their capital muscle to lure someone like Billy > Beane away from the A's? I think John Schuerholtz is the best GM going, and > has been for near 20 years now....but at his age, i doubt he'd entertain > another move. > > Point is...Theo's replaceable, isn't he? > > > > Oh, I'm fucking LIVID!! > > > > I mean, it is a disaster. This guy, in my opinion was EXACTLY what the > > Red Sox have been lacking in any GM in the past ten, maybe twenty years. > > His goal was to build up the farm system, and never compromised the > > future of the team by giving away very promising young talent for a > > quick fix at any position. He made sure to not get into any long-term > > contracts that would hurt the team down the road, no matter what the > > consequences (see Pedro Martinez). He was well liked by both the > > players and the fans alike, and now he's gone. It's really a shame, but > > I have to admit, being a Sox fan, it's just another black mark on the > > long list of black marks that Red Sox upper management has racked up. > > > > There's a *slight* chance that he may be back, or so WEEI (Boston Sports > > radio) will have us believe. There is a press conference scheduled for > > 1PM today with Theo, and I'm hoping they came up with some kind of > > agreement in the past two days, but I'm not holding my breath... > > > > Ho hum....fuckers. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:179396 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
